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15 July 202313 December 2023

First Nigerian Professors: Pioneering Achievements in Different Academic Fields

First Nigerian Professors: Pioneering Achievements in Different Academic Fields- Part 1

Nigeria is a country filled with great people. Western education was introduced into what will become Nigeria, in the late 1800s by Christian missionaries. Slowly, schools spread across and a new generation of indigenous students emerge. With the establishment of the first university at Ibadan in 1948, there was a rapid growth in the number of university graduates. Continue reading “First Nigerian Professors: Pioneering Achievements in Different Academic Fields”

28 March 20213 December 2021

Record Breaker! African American Celebrates being First Full Professor at American University

A newly appointed professor at University of Idaho, United States has penned a glowing remark of his outstanding achievement as a Black American academic scholar.

Dr. Sydney Freeman is a scholar in Higher Education Administration. He shared this on LinkedIn

“Humbled to share that I will be the 1st African American (American Descendant of Slaves) man to be promoted to rank of Full Professor at the University of Idaho, the state’s flagship research university. I am the first but working as hard as I can so that I won’t be the last. God is awesome!”